Supplemental lens mount for spectacles



Jan. l, 1952 M. l. STECKLER SUPPLEMENTAL LENS MOUNT FOR SPECTACLES Filed 001'.. 4, 1949 INVENTOR l. STECKLER ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 1, 1952 ENT oFFIcE SUPPLEMENTAL LENS; Momrr .FOR SPECTACLES This, invention has to dewith-spectacles,v orf eye glasses, and has as an object the provision of a. supplemental lens. mount adapted for quick attachment to the bridge of a spectacles frame. Such supplemental lens mount. may be used to mount either bi-focal or smoked or colored lenses.

It is a further object of my invention to pro? vide a supplemental lens mount which is not only capable f being instantly installed on an eye glass frame, but which positively and firmly secures the supplemental lens elements in xed relation to the main eye glass frame.

I am aware that others have proposedv such supplemental'lens mountsybut those of which I have knowledge have been of a complicated nature, which were costly to manufacture, difficult to install and which also somewhat interfered with the users vision and interfered with the proper fitting of the bridge on the nose e panying claims, I shall now describe it in one of its preferred embodiments, for which purpose I shall refer to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a pair of spectacles carrying my supplemental lens mount;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. l;

Fig. 4 is a further enlarged section taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged view taken on line 5--5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is an inverted perspective of the top jaw of the clamping element;

Fig. 7 is an inverted perspective of the bottom jaw of the element;

Fig. 8 is a perspective of the torsion spring element; and

Fig. 9 is a perspective of the hinge pin.

Referring now to the drawings, I show generally at 5 a conventional pair of spectacles embodying a main frame 6, mounting lenses 1 and.

hayinga curved bridge 8,. The bridge carries the vusual clamping elements IG for clamping it onto the nosey of the wearer. Temples I2 are hingedly secured to the frame 6 by hinges lil.

My supplemental lens mounting attachment, generally denoted I5, in one of its presently preferred forms comprises two U-shaped frame elements 2t connected by a bar 22. A supplemental lens `L is carried byl each of the frame elements 2t. It is my preference that the sup-Y plemental lens mountbedisposed -in front of the main- -lenselements 1.

The principal feature of noveltyY of my supplemental lens mount resides primarily in the means; which I shall-now describe for detachably securingit'to the bridge 8 of the spectacles.

As best illustrated in Figs. 3 9, I iiX to the bar 22, as by welding or soldering, a channeled lower jaw element 2B of a bridge clamp generally designated 25. 'I'his jaw is shown inverted in Fig. 7. An upper jaw element 30 is pivotally mounted on the lower jaw by having depending ears 32, each having a hole 33 to pass the hinge pin 35, whose ends also extend through openings 3l in the end anges 26a of the lower jaw. Finger engaging extensions 40 are secured, as by welding or soldering to the jaw elements 26, 30, although they may be formed as integral parts thereof, and a torsion spring 42 is disposed around the hinge pin, having one of its ends l4l?) engaging the lower jaw and having its other end 44 engaging the upper jaw, so as to urge the jaws to swing toward each other. In general construction, the clamp is thus in the form of a pinch clamp. Lateral extensions i6 are secured t0 the lower jaw and project outwardly therefrom in position to bear against the leris element 'I when the supplemental lens mount is attached to the spectacles frame, in order to serve as a positive stop against swinging of the supplemental lens elements awayT from main lens elements. the user grasps the members 4G between the fingers and compresses them together the jaws swing relative to each other to permit attachment to the bridge.

In order positively and securely to retain the supplemental lens mount in proper position in relation to the spectacles, I provide the upper jaw with a depending arcuate flange 50 defining its inner edge, and spaced inwardly from the fiange 50 I provide on the upper jaw another depending iiange 52. As will be observed, the lianges 50 and 52 are curved to conform to the curvature of the bridge and deiine an arcuate It will be apparent that when vents swinging of the clamp relative to the,

bridge.

I claim:

l. In a supplemental lens mount for a pair of spectacles having a curved bridge. an auxiliary lens mounting frame adapted, when attached to said bridge, to retain supplemental lenses adjacent the spectacle lenses, and means on said frame for releasably attaching said frame to said bridge; said means comprising a clamp having spring loaded jaws for clamping said bridge therebetween, one of said jaws having a pair of flanges deiining an arcuate bridge receiving channel curved to conform to the curvature of said bridge.

2. In a supplemental lens mount for a pair of spectacles having a curved bridge, an auxiliary lens mounting frame adapted, when attached to said bridge, to retainsupplemental lenses adjacent the spectacle lenses, and means on said frame for releasably attaching said frame to said bridge; said means comprising a pinch clamp having a pair of jaws pivoted to swing relative 4 to each other, one of said jaws having a pair o! transversely spaced depending anges together deiining an arcuate bridge receiving channel curved to conform to the curvature of said bridge, the outermost of the flanges dening the outer extremity of said clamp.

3. In a supplemental lens mount for a pair of spectacles having a curved bridge., an auxiliary lens mounting frame adapted, when attached to said bridge, to retain supplemental lenses adjacent the spectacle lenses, and means on said frame for releasably attaching said trame to said bridge; said means comprising a pinch clamp having a pair of jaws pivoted to swing relative to each other, one of said jaws having a pair of transversely spaced depending anges together dening an arcuate bridge receiving channel curved to conform to the curvature of said bridge, the outermost of the flanges dening the outer extremity of said clamp, and a torsion spring disposed behind the inner one of said anges, said spring urging the jaws toward each other.

MILTON I. STECKLER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,284,630 Banks June 6, 1942 2,326,787 Lorig Aug. 17, 1943 2,380,638 DUrbano July 31, 1945 2,408,273 Sager Sept. 24, 1946 

